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    Farmers stir continues in Thanjavur

    The indefinite sit-in protest by a group of farmers here pressing for their charter of demands, including withdrawal of a central bill on inter-state river water disputes, entered the 18th day on April 14.

    Farmers stir continues in Thanjavur
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    The agitators, under the banner of the Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee’s (CRRC), have been protesting in front of the District Collectorate demanding withdrawal of Inter-state River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in the Lok Sabha recently. 

    The bill proposes to set up a single standing tribunal, with multiple benches, instead of the existing multiple tribunals to resolve water disputes between states.  A meeting would positively held on Saturday to discuss future course of action, P Maniarasan, Co-ordinator of Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee, said.

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